[Pelham]

See if you remember Americans like this.

[tommix2]

Thank you. I went to my 50 year high school reunion in
1983. That was the last one , not enough of us left now.
Today I plan to go up on top of the hill where the Memorial Service will be held at the cemetary in this small town.
There are lots of very fine young people in this town and I feel confident that they will carry on just fine when our generattion is gone.

[BlackElk]

This reminiscence is of an America which has always been and always will be an enemy of Obama and Romney, neither of whom begin to understand that America nor wish to understand it. The people described were a Catholic subset of a generation inspired by the Greatest Generation who were their parents.

Wars were WON UNCONDITIONALLY rather than abandoned, drawn out or negotiated. You knew your neighbors and cared about them and their kids. Families were large. Divorce and adultery were shameful. Labor unions were generally private sector and patriotic. Same sex anything was unheard of and rightfully so. Criminal misbehavior was regarded as disgraceful. Eve FDR called welfare a strictly temporary expedient and NOT a way of life.

It was a truly golden era in our nation's history and it ought to be restored.